Campaign Skip in Diablo 4 PTR Patched - Now Available to New Characters

Diablo 4 launched summer 2023 across PC and console, including the last generation of PlayStation and Xbox consoles. That means it was built to run well on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, hardware now over a decade old.

As players continue exploring the PTR, the massive itemization changes coming to Diablo 4 in Season 4 are at the forefront of everyone's minds, but here's something you may have missed — Gems have received a refresh in preparation for the upcoming season!Amethyst, Emerald, Sapphire, and Topaz will now grant Primary Stats when socketed into Armor, boosting Strength, Dexterity, Willpower, and Intelligence respectively. Additionally, nearly all Gem effects have been buffed across the board. Here's a side-by-side comparison of the old effects and their upcoming changes:

Many players in the Diablo community have expressed their fondness for the Tree of Whispers as a «town hub», even if it is not considered a town by conventional means. The Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.0 PTR added a Jeweler NPC to the Tree of Whispers, making the hub even more useful now! Diablo 4 PTR Overview Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes All that is missing now is an Alchemist and a Gambling NPC, which are some of the lesser-used NPCs in your everyday Diablo 4 life. To change the appearance of your character or your horse you are still required to visit another town. What is your favorite town hub in Diablo 4? Let us know in the comments below!

With the first few days of the Diablo 4 Season 4 PTR behind us, Blizzard has opened the doors to their newest PTR Bug Report Forum. Here, players can report specific issues that they're encountering within the Diablo 4 PTR, so that the devs can squash them ASAP! Diablo 4 PTR Bug Report Forum

With Diablo 4’s first PTR now live and Season 4 just around the corner, players are experimenting with current builds and exploring new build options in anticipation of the massive changes Patch 1.4.0 will bring. We’ve put together an in-depth guide to building effective Paragon boards for those with a general understanding of the Paragon system that want to try their hand at creating their very own build.To see the full guide to building an optimized Paragon setup, take a look at our Building Effective Paragon Boards Guide. While Diablo 4’s Paragon system is intuitive, achieving perfectly optimized Paragon boards can be difficult.

Diablo 4's new public test realm has come just at the right time, improving the mood of the RPG's community greatly as Season 4 appears on the horizon.

Blizzard has added new skill tags for many class skills in order to interact with the new itemization. They also added existing skill tags to multiple skills to open up new possibilities by adding the Core tag to various skills such as Ball Lightning and Bone Spirit. These changes should allow for a greater variety of skill interactions, both with each other and with the new gear and affixes that have been introduced.

Blizzard has hotfixed the PTR for Diablo 4, allowing new characters to skip the campaign without completing the prologue first. The most highly-requested feature of the PTR so far, Blizzard stated earlier today that they were working on deploying a fix. Players should now be able to immediately skip the campaign upon creating a new character.

Here are all the new Unique items coming with Diablo 4's Season 4! This list includes a first look at all new General and Class Unique items currently present on the Season 4 Public Test Realm, including the new Uber Unique, Tyrael's Might. Season 4 PTR Datamined Changes Diablo 4 Andariel Boss Model

The Diablo 4 PTR is now available to download! The download comes in at 95GB, while excluding high-res assets takes only 51GB. For players with Diablo 4 preinstalled, this download will use preinstalled assets, significantly reducing the amount needed to load — down to 35GB with high-res assets and 17GB without. Diablo 4 PTR Overview Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes We'll be covering all the information we can datamine in the PTR — stay tuned for the latest information!

Blizzard released a small patch yesterday to address some bugs related to Minion Resistance stat localizations and Gauntlet rewards redemptions.

Diablo 4's Patch 1.4.0 introduces 8 new Legendary Aspects. This includes new Aspects available to all classes and new class-specific Aspects! Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes: Patch 1.4.0